MR. T. G. HARBUTT'S STEAM BRUSH FACTORY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6099, 4 June 1881, Page 6

MR. T. G. HARBUTT'S STEAM BRUSH FACTORY.

TaxS''now wejMshiyml' local industry was five'yettta- ago, and employ s\-about 3S : In: "all, : fluctuaf ins; of '.: course with the ipqu'ifeiiients of trade. It is .■■ .the .only., factory," of;' ffie kind,.Ave are in- . i formed, in the colony. There was one started : some tiiniago.inDuuedui, under.the;aiispice3 :' of. a, company, but as. their -.speciality-was J getting. the- fibre frpm. the..'cabbage-tree,. ; a' failure,' the enter"- ;■■ /With increased capital the Auckland factory coulu be so enlarged as to deal .with the whole colonial trade, thus employing hundreds of hands,; while the im- . rport of raw; material and its utilisation in a -manufactured form!'conld bo even mOre profitably accomplished than at present. As showing the effect of the industry, even in iis ;presetit Stage, in. reducing foreign imports, '■■ we gi.ve the following; figures from the. Auckland. Customs' returns :—The brush- V warts';fad brooms: imported into Auckland in IS7S--was ' f/3252 ; in IS7D> £2353 ;.. in -. ISSp, £1178, tlius showing that the imports have diminished i ohe-third ■in three years. . The brushwarbimported into the colony is •about £20,000perannum,so that there is a large scope for- the development of the loyalty-manufactured goods. ■ -The Steam -Factory fronts Coburgstreet, but Mr, Itarbutt holds the adjoining corner section--to-the same street and Tie'tdria-street East, so that there is ample . room for ah extension of the premises when necessary. - The buildings are three-storey; the. basement; contains the steam machinery, glueing department, and '., finishing shops. ; On the ground' floor are. hair, drawn, warehouse", and, packing iirooms, while the upper storey is used for storing raw materials for trade purpo&es; . The work manufactured '. comprises all the ordinary- house, ship, and machinery .brushes of every, description. All the wood used, auil wood, turning is procured from the local timber mills, the proprietors of, which, have liberally met Mr. Harbutt as to prices, so as to enable him to > compete with, the imported article. Among the classes of brushware most in demand are scrubbing, dandy, .shoe, stove,. billiard, : ■furniture, and ,ciq : jhing brashes, which are ; made of all'paytirus and styles, and for workmanship, and finish- will compare not' unfavourably withithe English manufactures. The ■ industry has now become so firmly , established and "well known throughout the colony, that orders"' are coming in from all ' districts; and two agencies have been established 'in the Middle' Island. Mr. Harbutt , obtained the bronze medal at the Sydney and, Melbourne. Exhibitions for his collec- ■ tions, of brush ware, and a certificate of ;' merit for that "exhibited at the late Ashburton. Industrial Exhibition. All that ,-. is needed to- niqke Auckland the >cdustrial centre for the supply of hrushware to the whole colony is increased the . statistics of.'the trade done and t<Tteiflh- J "tamed -would; justify 7 the merging of tins 8 business into : a limited liability company I affair. The trade has become too extensive to | be pushed and.'extended-as it should be, save by associated capital.:' There has also been recently 'added by; Mr. Harbutt another .; c the 'manufacture of *ae : celebrated American cornbrooms, which pre- -.:- mises'to develope iiito a.large trade, an* y enough of itself to absorb the whole of M 3 capital. His son left for San Francisco by ; the last-mail steamer in orcJerto LU ™Ke >- '. arrangements for its further [)Qth by- the introduction of machinery and various fresh "= raw material. At the Steam all the work is done o n the, fi«ce. ,iabour forms the. largest itetnjo/. m that respect the industry is of benefit to the working. classes: Mr. Harbutt has lately imported a circular-saVi planing machine, and band-saws' for finashing -work, and endeavours to. keep abreast of the times with the latest in the trade which niechaiucil'skill lias devised. .' '

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